You ask me why I call my blog “The Well Watered Tree” – simply because that’s how I think God sees me. Just in case you’re wondering, I mean “well watered” as in watered well, not watered with water from a well. 
I normally relate most of our day to day experiences to the natural world, and derive inspiration from what I observe. So I guess it’s not unusual that I believe each of us humans is like a tree in a way. I even found this interesting bit of botanical information online to support my theory scientifically:
“Plants typically need the help of four environmental elements in order to thrive: sun, water, air, and nutrient-rich soil. Ideally, if a plant has exposure to all of these elements in appropriate moderation and that plant does not meet an unnatural death due to disease, fire, or other unforeseeable destruction, that plant will grow and blossom… Although plants and human beings are strikingly different in terms of anatomy, consciousness, and mobility, both plants and human beings require basic elements for survival: sun, water, air, and nutrients.”
Interesting, isn’t it? On a personal level, this theory has a much deeper interpretation, and this is what it is:
As a tree planted by God, I need the help of four basic elements in order to thrive:
- Social (Sun)
- Spiritual (Water)
- Intellectual (Air)
- Physical (Nutrient-rich Soil)
Ideally, if I am exposed to all of these elements in appropriate moderation, I will grow and blossom. And biblically speaking, I wish to be “like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he (she) does prospers.”
